Posted by: morktron
on Jan 28, 2010
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People want to build their own website, create their own blogs, put together their own form validation process, manage their own user pool, create and administrate their own ad campaigns, and the list goes on. For an application to have success in 2010, it must allow the user to do everything and not depend on any company support or complicated FAQ page.
By Catalin Cimpanu - Top Web Trends for 2010
Well I would not recommend people to build their own website or I'd be out of work! (and here are a few more reasons) but for over 3 years now most of the websites I've created can be managed by my clients without needing any assistance from me. People have come to expect that now, especially those used to social networking (ie Facebook).
Posted by: morktron
on Jan 25, 2010
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2005 in the web community was as I recall heralded as the year the Content Management System (CMS). Now five years later there really isn't any excuse not to be using a CMS, even if you are just a one person show.
To prove my point I've made a little comparison below:
Posted by: morktron
on Jan 19, 2010
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Well, firstly I must say I'm no online advertiser. I prefer to stick to one thing and become a master of it, you get my drift. Anyway last week I took the plunge and launched my first Google Adwords campaign as a complete novice. After 2 days and having spent a huge $19 Aud, I had already had a enquiry from a big potential client.
Compare this to last year when I paid $250 Aud to advertise in a certain local business magazine and after 3 months had only one enquiry! (which turned out to be a time waster). About $600 went to YellowPages for the year and I got zero relevant leads!
There are hundreds of reasons why online advertising is better (for most businesses anyway), the best of those is that you can ensure you only pay to advertise to people who are actively searching for your product of service. Secondly you can see what pages they look at on your website, for how long etc etc.
Posted by: morktron
on Jan 18, 2010
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If you mention 'Internet Explorer 6' within earshot of a website designer it's highly likely they will break into a cold sweat and will possibly need medical attention. Internet Explorer if you are not already aware is a 'web browser' - usually free and freely available software you use on your computer to browse the web.
Since 2001 Internet Explorer 6 (or IE6) has been the bane of a web designers life. Entirely different code has to be written in order for a website to work in IE6 since it does not follow the rules set down by the World Wide Web Consortium. Quite often getting sites to work in IE6 comes down to a process of trial an error which can takes hours if not days. This is terribly frustrating when the website already works perfectly in all modern web browsers!
Posted by: morktron
on Jan 11, 2010
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Static site = A site you have to pay someone to manually update
Dynamic site = A site powered by a content management system that can be managed by anybody
In early 2006 I became the new webmaster of a 10 year old static website. The clients are non profit and wanted to ensure they spent the absolute minimum on their web presence. After a year I was getting very tired of constantly having to update and change small bits of text. I managed to persuade the client that a content management system (CMS) would be far more efficient for both of us and cheaper in the long term for them.